From a4b0bd97037dbe1e5563ef9c0ead673fb835d924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Stjernholm <mast@lysator.liu.se> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:52:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Removed some very old and obselete disclaimers about threads. --- README | 22 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index b98a9fbd60..29e24473e9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -26,28 +26,6 @@ on additional "DEPENDENCIES", on "CONFIGURE OPTIONS AND BUILD VARIABLES", on "MANUAL BUILDING" and, if needed, the section "IF IT DOESN'T WORK". -THREADS SUPPORT - -Getting threads support might be hairy on some platforms, most -platforms have threads support but quite a few have problems running -external processes (through create_process). By default threads -support is disabled on platforms where threading is known not to work -100% properly. - -IRIX: Starting many processes causes a resource error which sometimes - causes a complete hang and 100% cpu usage. - -FreeBSD 3.x: Symptoms are similar to IRIX, but the problem has - something to do with signal handling. (And as you may know, - process handling uses signals on UNIX...) - -Linux: Not all linux variations have 100% working threads, in fact - most libc5 systems do not work very well with threads. Threads - support is enabled by default on Linux, but we recommend running - 'make verify' after compilation. This will (hopefully) tell you - if your threads are not working. - - BUGS If you find a bug in the interpreter, the first thing to do is to make -- GitLab